| Project by JeffStarr | posted 231 days ago | 658 views | 1 time favorited | 12 comments |  |
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The Grizzly Bear gun is a Colt 45 Long Rifle. It was a beautiful piece to begin with. The gun owner wanted a bear and gave me the artistic liberty to come up with something nice for him. I chose basket weave again and kept the engraving a lighter stain to help the bear pop out more. I tried paint the bear and the scene with different hues of stain to get the effect I wanted. Usually I just stain the whole engraving the same color. I feel it worked here and will use this technique again in the future. The leaves were a lot of fun to do and helped to frame the engraved areas.
-- "When was the last time you did something special for your gun?" www.jeffstarrstudio.com
12 comments so far
jockmike2
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posted 231 days ago
Gorgeous man that is just beautiful. It just would’nt look right on my AK- 47 though. Great looking job.
-- Mike. mwurm13@yahoo.com
rosewood
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posted 231 days ago
Dude its really made me say WOW…
i wish i could do that, its wonderfull works, thanks for posting.
Rosewood.
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ND2ELK
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posted 231 days ago
Hi Jeff
This is one of the best ones yet. You do some beautiful work there my friend. Thanks for posting.
God Bless
tom
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kewald
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posted 231 days ago
That is too nice to hunt with! Wow.
-- Always do the Right Thing the Right Way the First Time - if you can figure out what that is! Ken, Spring Branch, TX
Max
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posted 231 days ago
Now that is some fantastic work. They are very nice.
-- Max "Desperado", Salt Lake City, UT
steiner
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posted 231 days ago
Yes, way too nice to hunt with. I’d never be able to shoot that thing again. Needs to be prominently displayed. Thanks you very much for sharing. That grizzley is gorgeous the way you finished it.
-- Scott - Katy, Texas
tyson
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posted 231 days ago
yes it is verry beauitifull, where do i put my order in? i do amature gun smithing but wheni recived a 25, 06 with damage on the checkering i had no choice to sand the checkering off , wish i had some of your talent.
keep up the good work.
-- a truly wise man never plays leap frog with a unicorn
mtnwild
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posted 231 days ago
So great to see your projects. I knew there were craftsmen doing this sort of work out there and it’s really great to see one of the best. Fantastic, love your designs and skill, great to have you on the site. Welcome and thanks…...........
-- mtnwild (Jack), It's not what you see, it's how you see it.
savannah505
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posted 231 days ago
Awesome work, just plain beautiful.
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JeffStarr
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posted 231 days ago
Thanks again for the compliments. I have a few more I will be adding. My goal is to try and finish one gun each month. Sometimes it happens sometimes it does not. I am back in school full time and it gets hard juggling all that I need to do. But someday I would love to earn my dollar with my engravings.
Tyson and anyone else interested in my work you can reach me at starrman20@yahoo.com
-- "When was the last time you did something special for your gun?" www.jeffstarrstudio.com
Miket
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posted 230 days ago
Fantastic job! I wish that I had 1/4 of your talent at carving.
-- It's better to have people think you're stupid rather than open your mouth and remove all doubt.
DaytonB
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posted 217 days ago
Very impressive stuff Jeff, keep it up and good luck
Thanks for sharing it with everyone.
Dayton